Sleeping-bag.



' PATENTED JUNE 18, 1907.

H. WILSON.

SLEEPING BAG APPLICATION FILED NOV; 10. 1906.

' WITNESSES 4* VZCRW A TTOHNEYS UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HERBERT WALN' WILSON, OF SPRINGFIELD,- SOUTH DAKOTA.-

SLEEPING-BAG.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 18, 1907.

Application filed November l0 1906. Serial No. 342.802.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HERBERT VVALN TIL- SON, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Springfield, in the county of Bonhomme and State of South Dakota, have invented a new and Improved Sleeping-Bag, of which the following is a" full, clear, and exact description;

This invention is an improvement in sleeping bags, more especially designed for chil-' dren, combined with means for retaining the bag in place on the mattress of the bed and holding the child in the bag in proper position.

The preferred form of bag, asconstructed,

is open at both ends, with one side thereof .at

the upper end. extended to receive the childs head when in sleeping posture. The bag is split for almost its entire length, where it is detachably connected together with buttons orother devices in order that the child may be readily placed into or removed from the bag, as desired.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures. v

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a bed with my improved sleeping bag applied thereto,

as when inuse; Fig. 2 is a longitudinal, central, sectional view through the same'; Fig.3

is an inverted plan of the bag; Fig. 4 is a cross section on the line 4---4 of Fig. 3, looking in the direction of the arrow, and Fig. 5 is a perspective view of a yoke which is used in connection with the bag to hold the child in position therein. I

A bag 1, made of any suit-able material and slightly longer than the child which it is to contain,-is open at both ends, with one side thereof at t-heupper end extended, forming a flap 2 on which the head of the child when in sleeping posture, rests. The opposite side or top of the bag is split for almost-its entire length, where it is provided with but-tons'or other like devices for detachably connecting this part of the bag-together. At each end. and at each side are provided on the bottom of the bag reinforcing strips 4, having buttons or other equivalent devices 5 secured thereto for detachably connecting straps 6 for securing the bag in position on the mat-- tress of the bed. These straps, as'shown in Fig. 2, pass over the opposite ends of the mattress, and are each connected with the wire springs of the bed by a hook member 7, or other su1table means, thus securely mamtaining the bag in fixed position. If desired, straps 8 as shown in Fig; 1, may be connected to the bag and passed transversely of the mattress and secured in like or other suitable manner.

A voke, shown in perspective in Fig. 5, for 5 holding the child in position in the bag, is

' composed of shoulder-straps 9 connected to a breast-strap 10, the ends of the latter bein brought together and det-achably connecte at 11., At each side of the breast-strap 10 a strap 12 is attached, both 'of which pass through the lower open end of the bag and thereafter are adjustably connected to a U- shaped member 13 of Inetal1or other suitable material, embracing one 61K of the mattress. This adjustable connection of the straps 12 with the member 13 is preferably made by passing the straps through an opening in the member and engaging the free end of the strap by ball and socket buttons 14, shown in Fl 1 l Tn use, the bag is secured in the desired position on the mattress where the child is to sleep. The bag is'then unbuttoned, as also the ends of the breast-strap 10 detached and the child inserted therein, the arms passing through the shoulder-straps 9. The ends, of the breast-strap are thereafter re-engaged and the straps 12 adjusted to bring the child to the proper position in the bag. portion of the bag should then be buttoned together, acting to keep the child from becoming uncovered.

Although I have described the invention in detail in order that the construction and operation thereof might be fully understood, the precise embodiment is not material provided the essential characteristics are em- The split ployed as pointed out in the annexed claims.

Having thus described my invention I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters 3. The combination of a childs sleeping bag open at both ends, means for securing the bagin position on a mattress, a yoke for holding the child in position in the bag, and means attached to the yoke passing through one end of the, bag for holding the yoke in place.

4. The combination of a childs sleeping bag open at both ends, straps attached to the 10 bag adapted to adjustably secure itupon a mattress, and means passing through one end i of the bag for retaining the child in position therein.

5. 'The combination of a childs sleeping i 5 bag open at both ends, and means passing through one -end of the bag for retaining the child in position therein.

6. The combination of a childs sleeping bag open at b'oth ends, means passing through one end of the bag for retaining the child in position therein, and means for adjustably attaehingsaid retaining means.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

HERBERT WALN WILSON Witnesses:

HANS, MILLER, J OHN HOAGLIN. 

